Not Tonight

This is not that great. I don't care about the politics but the mechanics are too much copied from Papers Please, even the puzzles are..copy/pasted. The UI is kindof clunky and the game is poorly balanced. Just avoit if its not under 5 euros and get Papers Please instead.

So, to get it out of the way, this is a lot like Paper's Please. It's unfortunately a bit weaker in many respects. As with any game when you're under a clock, it's important that you can easily discern details. So when a character rocks up who's hair or hat or whatever is nearly the same color as the wall behind him & I have to decide if he is the person pictured on his ID: I am gonna have a bad time. Puzzles with either nonsensical, too subtle, or conflicting presumed-goals (like the Viklav thing) add to the frustration. The game is quite good in how it applies pressure on you, & the visuals & audio are also quite good (with the exception of how difficult it can sometimes be to see the heads of patrons on dark backgrounds) Frankly I'd give it 3 stars were it not for the need to offset trash reviews from angry brexit-obsessed people whigh GoG for some reason allows to exist, so it's a 4. It's a servicably OK game you will probably enjoy if you like Papers Please. It has some irritating, perhaps poor design decisions & punitive gameplay aspects.

DISCLAIMER: My actual assessment is three stars but I'm giving it five to provide some counter balance. A lot of real life politics and references that I wouldn't even have minded were they done in a solemn and grim way, like PP, this was mostly plain goofy. Gets tedious after a while because the game is long-ish, maybe a bit too long for what it offers. Let me stress that I do not mind the topic, I most definitely think it's fair game. 'Not Tonight' is not particularly hard and I found myself rushing through checks many times, often to good effect. A big gripe that I have with the game is that the clientele will never make a correction and offer an updated document; if there's an error in one of the things they need to display, that's it - so long, goodbye. Another incredibly silly oversight was offering drinks in the DLC and keeping the money (presumably the customers are keeping the drinks) even if you then bar the customers from entering for whatever reason (sometimes because they are underage for the venue!). Another gripe that I have is that the names are completely random, Slavic flags with British names and it's all a big mishmash etc., I would have much preferred it if the names fit the flags. As a huge fan of PP I still enjoyed this to a degree and would wish for more of its kind, but with hopes that more attention be paid to the details in the future.

i just started plaing and the game is magnificent

Not tonight is rather similar in gameplay to "Papers, please", but not as simplistic. You actually have a character with an appearance you can pick and change, a flat (a horrible one), you interact with other characters (mostly horrible ones). There's a "color blind" mode for people who have trouble with telling colors, which is awfully nice. Plot-wise, the game, once again, is similar to "Papers, please" but not as simplistic. It deals with the real problems of the modern society - populism, bigotry, terrorism, et cetera, et cetera. There are some funny references that I enjoyed. To put it short, it's "Papers, please" mixed with "V for Vendetta". And the fireworks are about to start.